LOOK WATCH or SEE English Grammar and Vocabulary Lesson

hello everyone and welcome back to

english with lucy today I’ve got a

grammar lesson for you well it’s sort of

a grammar and vocabulary lesson it’s all

about watch look and see three words

that seem to be very very similar they

are similar they’re really similar words

but we use them in different situations

and they cause a lot of my darling

students a lot of difficulty and a lot

of confusion so let’s get started I’m

first going to break down word by word

and then we’re going to compare them to

make sure that you’ve really got it in

your head

I swear down if people I don’t know

don’t stop the enemy Skype requests I’m

going to go bananas okay firstly to look

look can be an exclamation in a sentence

we use it with the preposition at to

look at something when we look at

something we don’t our eyes to the

object so I’m looking at you so you’ve

got that movement and then we pay

attention to it so we direct our eyes or

something and pay attention to it so

when look has an object we use a look at

that dog for example as opposed to look

over there so I can’t say look the dog

it’s look at that dog to see means to

notice something using our eyes so this

one’s more by chance maybe remember this

verb is irregular see saw seen I’ve got

a video about common irregular verbs

that you can watch here if you want more

information they’re irregular verbs

they’re conjugations and their

pronunciation so to see something is to

notice something using our eyes so I saw

your mum at the coffee shop I noticed

her with my eyes now what

watch is very similar to to look however

the way we use them slightly different

to what means we look at something for a

longer period of time normally and

normally the object is moving or

changing so I watch TV because the TV

screen moves I don’t I wouldn’t look at

the TV the TV if I looked at the TV it

would just be a brief glance a quick

look but I watch it I’m fixated on it so

one of my favorite things to do is to

sit in a coffee shop window and do

people watching and I watch the people

go by because they’re moving I don’t

just look at them because that would

just be a brief shorter glance and maybe

they wouldn’t be moving I watch and I

see what they’re doing

however to talk about films sports

matches or concerts we can also use see

so I saw Beyonce last year or I went to

see Chelsea play against Arsenal

I watched the football match but I went

to see a specific game however with the

television we always watch the

television see we use more when we go

out with the intention of watching

something car is complicated isn’t it

don’t worry we’re going to compare them

all okay what’s my favorite film I think

my favorite film is the Shawshank

Redemption

comment below what’s your favorite film

I’m always looking for good film

recommendations so if I say last night I

saw the Shawshank Redemption and last

night I watched the Shawshank Redemption

do they mean different things or do they

mean the same thing they mean different

things if I say I watched it it means I

was at home watching it if I say I saw

it it means I went out and I went to the

cinema and I saw it there I watched the

film outside of my home I traveled with

the intention of seeing it okay another

one I watched a man digging a hole I saw

a man digging a hole what did

here it’s not about music or film or

public performances so the difference is

quite stark it’s quite a strong

difference if I watched the man digging

the hole it means I sat there and I

observed the hole or a large part of the

process if I saw him digging the hole it

means that I may be walked down the

street and I noticed that there was a

man digging a hole right that’s it for

today’s lesson your homework is to write

three sentences using look watch and see

correctly and I want you to try and make

them as funny as possible I want you to

try and make me laugh because I love

reading your comments and the funny ones

the really funny ones will get a little

love heart from me when I see them ah

don’t forget to connect with me on all

of my social media I’ve got my facebook

my Instagram and my Twitter and I’ve

also got a pa box now which means you

can send me letters and cards I’ve

received a couple of really really

lovely ones and I’m replying to them so

I’m really excited for the people who

have written to me to get a response and

that fits today I will see you soon for

another lesson

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